Peer Institutions

Southern has adopted a group of peer institutions to use for various comparisons and
benchmarking. Southern's peer institutions were most recently reviewed and approved
by the CSUS Board of Trustees in 2013. In choosing our peer institutions, the following
criteria were considered:

Public institution

Carnegie classification

Size of student body

Number of full-time faculty

Degree of urbanization, location

Full-time, part-time student ratios

Per student expenditure

Six-year graduation rate

SAT scores

Graduate programs, including doctoral program

The 13 peer institutions represent a range on these characteristics to provide some
"aspirational" schools, as well as schools who are very similar to us.